Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Gruiformes > Family Rallidae > Genus Fulica

Fulica atra Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Fulica*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: bajuka; bajukla; bajza sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bokmål (Norwegian): sothøne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: blishøne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: meerkoet

English: common coot; coot; Eurasian coot sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2011. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.8).

English-United States: Common Coot; Coot sources: Charles Hussey

French: foulque macroule sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

Gaelic: cearc cheannann sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Galician: Cearc cheannann

German: Belche; Blässhuhn; Blässralle; Blesse; Blesshuhn; Blessralle; Böichn; Bölle; Duckente; Huhent; Hurbel; Lietze; Rohrhuhn; Taucherli; Wasserhuhn; Zappe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Κοινή Φαλαρίδα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Irish: Cearc cheannann sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

Israel (Hebrew): אגמייה; אגמית שחורה sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: folaga sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: laukys sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: sothøne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: sothøne sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 152

Norwegian Nynorsk: sothøne sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 152

Nynorsk (Norwegian): sothøne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: łyca; łyska sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: lişiţă sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: кашкалдак (устар.); лыска; лысуха; черная гагара sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish: cearc cheannann sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: liska sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: focha común sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: sothöna sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: sakarmeke sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Євразійська лиска; Лиска ; Лиска євразійська sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: cwtiar

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
basis of record	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (1381 publications)
GenBank (15 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Fulica atra Linnaeus, 1758. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:232054

Drs Cees Roselaar. Fulica atra Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96786